immunization
The medical process of protecting a person or animal from a disease by giving a vaccine.
The process of making a person or animal resistant to a specific infectious disease, usually by giving a vaccine that stimulates the immune system.
One vaccine shot or visit when a person gets a vaccine.
A particular vaccination session or dose given to an individual to protect against a disease.
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- Base: immunization
- Plural: immunization, immunizations
immunization campaign
1short-term drive to vaccinate people
A strong, often short-time effort to give vaccines to many people, often with ads and special clinics.
- Health workers launched an emergency immunization campaign after the outbreak.
- The measles immunization campaign targeted all children under five.
immunization coverage
1percentage of people vaccinated
The share of people in a group who have received the vaccines they are supposed to get.
- Immunization coverage has increased to over 90% in the last decade.
- Low immunization coverage in some regions leaves many children at risk.
immunization program
1organized plan for giving vaccines
An organized plan by a government or group to give vaccines to many people or animals.
- The national immunization program has nearly eliminated polio in the country.
- Funding cuts have threatened the childhood immunization program in rural areas.
immunization schedule
1recommended timing for vaccines
The official plan that shows when babies, children, or adults should get each vaccine.
- Parents can download the national immunization schedule from the health ministry’s website.
- Your doctor will help you update your child’s immunization schedule if any shots were missed.
mass immunization campaign
1large-scale national vaccination drive
A very big effort to give vaccines to a large number of people, often across a whole region or country.
- The government announced a mass immunization campaign to stop the spread of the new virus.
- Volunteers helped during the mass immunization campaign in remote villages.
routine immunization
1regularly scheduled standard vaccines
Vaccines that are normally given on a regular plan, not only during an emergency or special campaign.
- Improving routine immunization is key to preventing future outbreaks.
- The clinic offers routine immunization services every weekday.